True happiness is born of letting go of what is unnecessary.

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

The mind that notes and the object that is noted are both impermanent. Understanding this leads to liberation.

Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher.

Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.

The way to change others' minds is with affection, and not anger.

The experience of emptiness engenders compassion.

When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.

Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.

Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.

The Noble Eightfold Path is not a path of mere intellectual understanding but a path of practice, of inner transformation.

Every moment of mindfulness is a step on the path to liberation. Each step is valuable, no matter how small.

The art of living... is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive.

Compassion is a verb.

Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.

Expectations are the thieves of joy.

The lamp of wisdom burns constantly, illuminating the nature of mind.

Meditation is not about escaping from difficulty but about meeting it with awareness.

Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

In my youth I studied, in my prime I practiced, now all my doubts are cleared.

In the moment of anger, abandon anger but not the person. In the moment of attachment, abandon attachment but not the person.

The practice of vipassana is the study of the self. When you study physical and mental phenomena, you are studying the truth about yourself.

The restraint of the senses is not a matter of suppression but of wise attention to our experience.

The instant you speak about a thing, you miss the mark.

The more you understand impermanence, the more you appreciate every moment.

The more we witness our emotional reactions and understand how they work, the easier it is to refrain.

The highest mantra is to be without deception. The highest medicine is to have few desires. The highest meditation is not to be attached.

The secret of happiness is to want what you already have.

A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.

Enlightenment is not the end of change but the end of resistance to change.

Impermanence, suffering, and non-self are not philosophical concepts but realities to be directly perceived through mindfulness practice.

True freedom is a freedom from the tyranny of our own thoughts and afflictive emotions.